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sion, to adjourn over from any day in the term, to any subsequent day in the same term, whenever the convenience courts may of the public, and the said Courts respectively, shall re- adjourn quire such adjournment and in every case of such adjourn- from any day ment, all suits, indictments, process, orders, rules, recog- in the term to any subsenizances, and other proceedings pending in such Courts. quent day in shall be continued to the time to which such adjournment same term. shall be made, without prejudice to any of the parties therein, and may then be proceeded in according to law, in the same manner as if such Court or Courts had been adjour- Proviso. ned from day to day; provided, that no such adjournment shall be made for more than one week at any one time during the same term.

Passed February 25, 1942.

AN ACT to Divorce Catharine E. McLean from her husband
Alexander Clinton McLean.

BE IT EXACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Catharine E. McLean, of the county of Cumberland, be and she is hereby divorced from her husband, Alexan- Catharine E. der Clinton McLean, and that the marriage contract here- McLean tofore existing between them, be and the same is hereby absolutely dissolved; provided however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed or taken to render the issue of said marriage illegitimate.

Passed February 26, 1842,

divorced.

AN ACT to divorce Rebecca D. Henry, from her husband,

John Henry.

BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this Rebecca D. State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Henry divor That the marriage contract heretofore existing between ced from her Rebecca D. Henry and her husband John Henry be and husband. the same is hereby absolutely dissolved. Provided however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to render the issue of said marriage illegitimate.

Passed February 26, 1842.

AN ACT to incorporate the Relief Beneficial Association the township of Lower Penns Neck, Salem County, i this state.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assem Names of bly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sam Corporators. That William A. Dick, Isaac Lippincott, Martin Patterson Thomas D. Bradway, Elijah Hancock, Michael Powers John Casperson, David Chamberlain. Samuel Palmer Peter Sparks, James P. Fogg, John Wright, John Tuft Ephraim T. Shaw, Firman Fogg, Isaac Snitcher, Willian Patterson, Samuel Powers, Samuel Lippincott, and al such other persons as now are, or hereafter shall becom associates of the Relief Beneficial Association of the town ship of Lower Penns Neck, Salem county, in this state, shall be and they are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the Style of in- name of the Relief Beneficial Association of the township corporation. of Lower Penns Neck, Salem county, New-Jersey.

General
Powers.

Amount of stock and

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation by such name, shall have perpetual succession, and be a body politic and corporate in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended, in all courts of law and equity, and may have a common seal, and have power to alter the same at their pleasure, and by their common scal enter into and execute contracts and agreements; and such corporation shall have full power to make and adopt such laws and regulations as they may think proper, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this state.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed the sum of three thousand objects of in- dollars, which shall be applied to the nursing and attendcorporation. ance of members while sick, the purchase of necessaries for such sick members, the payment of physicians bill, the funeral expenses of deceased members, and the deceased wives of members, and such other incidental expenses as may be needful to further the objects of the said society.

elected.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall Officers how have power to elect, annually, out of their own body, a president, and such other officers and assistants as shall be necessary for conducting the affairs of said corporation according to their constitution; and the president shall keep in his custody the common seal of said corpora

tion, and deliver it, at the expiration of his term of office, to his successor.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the constitution and by

laws of said corporation shall be binding and imperative Constitution on the different members, and may be enforced by suit and by-laws against defaulting members, in the corporate name of said how enforc'd, company, before any court having competent jurisdiction. Act may be Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the Legislature may at altered or any time hereafter, alter, amend, modify, or repeal this repealed.. act as they may think proper.

Passed February 28, 1842.

AN ACT to appoint a Trustee to sell Real Estate of John
W. Flatt.

WHEREAS it has been represented to the legislature by John A. Flatt and Miriam C. Flatt, the children and heirs at law of John W. Flatt, of the township of Woodbridge, in the county of Middlesex in this state, that the said John W. Flatt left his residence more than a year since Preamble. in a state of aberration of mind, under which he had labored at intervals for several years, and that he has not since been heard of, notwithstanding the most diligent search has been made for him; that the said John W. Flatt was, at the time of absenting himself, 'seized of certain real estate in the counties of Middlesex and Essex; that he left a considerable amount of debts unpaid, and that there are no means of paying the same but by the sale of said real estate, or a portion thereof;Therefore,

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assem bly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the Trustee same, That Lewis Corey, of Rabway in the county of Midappointed dlesex, be and he is hereby appointed a trustee, with full to sell real power and authority to sell, at public or private sale, for estate of the highest price the same will bring, the real estate of the said John W. Flatt, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay the just debts and liabilities of the said John W. Flatt; first giving notice of the time and place of sale, in one newspaper printed in Rahway, in the county of

J. W. Flatt,

Interest vested in purchaser.

proceeds of

sale.

Middlesex, for at least four weeks previous to the time of such sale, and to make, execute and deliver to the purcha ser or purchasers a good and sufficient conveyance for the same; which conveyance shall vest in the purchaser o purchasers, his, her or their heirs and assigns, all the right, title and interest which the said John W. Flatt had in the lands and premises so sold and conveyed at the time of absenting himself as aforesaid.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said trustee shall keep a fair account of the moneys arising from the sale of the said lands and real estate, and after deducting all reasonable charges for expenses and fees for his services, and Disposition of after paying all the just debts and liabilities of the said John W. Flatt, shall have and hold the balance in trust, for the heirs at law of the said John W. Flatt, and the said trustee shall take charge of the land and real estate aforesaid remaining unsold; and shall farm out the same, and keep it in good repair; and shall annually pay over the rents and profits thereof, together with the interest of the moneys in his hands, for the benefit of the heirs at law of the said John W. Flatt, until they shall be legally entitled to the said real and personal estate; and the said trustee shall within one year after the sale of said real estate, file an account in the office of the Secretary of State of this State of his receipts and disbursements of the trust funds; provided, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed, in case of the return of the said John W. Flatt, and of his restoration to sound and sane mind, to deprive him of his legal rights, in and to so much of the said real and personal estate, as shall remain unsold or unappropriated.

Proviso.

Trustee to

give bond to Ordinary.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Lewis Corey shall before entering upon the execution of the trust reposed in him by this act, enter into bond to the Ordinary or Surrogate General of this state, in such sum and with such security, being at least two freeholders, and such as said Ordinary shall approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of the said trust: which bond shall be deposited in the register's office of this state, and in case said bond shall become forfeited, it shall and may be lawful for the governor of this state, for the time being, to cause the same to be prosecuted in any court of record, at the request and for the benefit, and at the proper costs and charges of any person or persons aggrieved by such forfeiture, Passed February 28, 1842,

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AN ACT to authorize William P. Forman, Guardian of
Catharine Eliza Baird, Jacob Baird, Mary Baird and
Sarah Matilda Baird, minor children and heirs at law of
General Rei Baird, deceased, to sell certain Real Estate.

WHEREAS, General Rei Baird of the county of Monmouth,
died seized and possessed of real and personal estate, in
said county, leaving a widow and four children, to wit:
Sarah A., his widow, who has since intermarried with
William W. Mershon, and Catharine Eliza Baird, Jacob
Baird, Mary Baird and Sarah Matilda Baird, his only
children and heirs at law; AND WHEREAS, the said real
estate consists of a tavern-house and about sixty-five acres
of land, situated in the township of Upper Freehold, in the Preamble
county aforesaid, formerly called Britton's Tavern,"
which is represented as diminishing in value, and being
unproductive; AND WHEREAS, the said Sarah A. Mer-
shon, William W. Mershon, and William P. Forman,
the guardian of the said infant heirs, have represented
to the Legislature that it will be for the interest of the
said heirs, and all parties concerned, that the said pro-
perty should be sold; and due notice of this application
having been given, and no cause appearing to the con-
trary-Therefore,

Guardian

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority authorized of the same, That the said William P. Forman, guardian to sell as aforesaid, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered real estate. to sell the said premises, at public vendue, to the highest bidder, first giving thirty days' notice of the time and place of said sale, in one of the public newspapers printed and circulated in said county of Monmouth, and, also, by handbills set up for the like space of time, in at least ten of the most public places in the neighborhood of the said property, previous to the day of sale; and when sold, to make, execute and deliver, in his own name, as guardian as aforesaid, good, legal and sufficient deed or deeds therefor, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof; which said deed or deeds shall convey to and vest in the purchaser or purchasers of the said Interest real estate, all the right, title and interest of the said infant vested in heirs, and the said Sarah A. Mershon, of, in and to the said purchaser. real estate.

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